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W. M. 8v L. H. LEVEY.

BLOTTER BATH. v

Patented Aug.5,1890.

UNITED STATES a'rnnr OFFICE.

WILLIAM M. LEVEY AND LOUIS H. LEVEY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

BLOTTER BATH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,527, dated August 5, 1890.

Application filed December 19, 1888. Serial No. 294,135. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM M. LEVEY and LOUIS H. LEVEY, citizens of the United States, residing at Indianapolis,in the count-y of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Blotter Baths, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide a means of increasing or diminishing the quantity of moisture which the blotters are allowed to absorb in proportion to the quantity of service which they have to perform. We accomplish this object in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a perspective view of our blotter bath with the cover removed and a portion of the end of the outer tray broken away. Fig. 2 is a transverse section. Fig. 3 shows a longitudinal section of a second device for accomplishing the same object.

In the above drawings, (t represents the outer tray or body of the device, and which contains all the other parts, the blotters, and water for moistening them, which is made as nearly air-tight as practical by means of thecover 1).

c is a sheet-metal frame, supported at a convenient height above the bottom of tray a by means of lugs on the sides of the tray C6 or by means of feet resting on the bottom ofthe tray. Frame 0 supports the blotters at a proper distance from the Water in the tray and also is a support for three rods (Z (Z d, placed parallel with each other and lengthwise with the frame. The rods d cl d have crank-bearings at each end of the frame 0. A lever 6, having its free end made heavier as a balance, is attached at one end of the rod (2. A series of small cotton cords ff are secured to the rod (1 and are suspended into the water. The

number of those cords can be varied at will by the operator as there is more or less copying to be done.

The operation is as follows: The blotters rest on the frame a above the water and will receive some moisture from evaporation, but not enough for any quantity of service. If now it is desired that the blotters should be more moist, one of the crank-rods d, with its depending cords, is turned up until it comes in contact with the blotters through a slot in the frame 0, as shown at cl, Fig. 2. The cords, being in contact with the water at their lower ends and with the blotters at their upper ends, act as a feeder, carrying the water up into the blotters by capillary attraction. It is easily understood that the amount of moisture carried into the blotters may be varied with the number of feeders or the number of rods used. \Ve preferably use three rods in our ordinary-size bath.

Fig. 3 shows another form of our invention, in which the rods are straight and revolve in hearings in frame 0. The feeders are of different lengths and one end continually in contactsvith the blotter-s, being wound upon the rod (1. As the rod is revolved downward, more of the feeders come in contact with the water, until there is sufficient moisture carried to the blotter-s to do the required service.

A third form of our invention is shown in Fig. 4, in which the feeders are simply endless cords passed through frame 0 into contact with the water. When it is desired to disconnect the feeders from the water, they are lifted up out of the water and rest upon frame 0.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is

In a blotter bath, the combination, with the water-pan, oi the frames 0, the rods cl, and the feeders f, substantially as set forth.

WM. M. LEVEY.

LOUIS H. LEVEY.

\Vitnesses: I

E. E. SICKLER, IV. L. LIGHTFORD. 

